VtES に関する変更！！
Vampire Elder Kindred Network のサイトで、以前に発表があった、アンソロジー・セットのプレビューが始まりました。
それは良いのですが、それに付随して、何点かの変更があるそうです。
Anthology
http://www.vekn.net/card-lists/370-anthology
- Official release: May 11, 2017
- Legal for Tournament Play: May 11, 2017
発行と同時に即使用可能（リーガル） です。
- Crypt cards: 48 （内、新カードは10枚）
- Library cards: 52 （内、新カードは２枚）
ここまでは、全く問題ありません。
RULES UPDATE
First of all, in order to revive the game on a sound basis, White Wolf had to change two major features of VTES:
1/ Card backs changes
The back of the cards will no longer have the Deckmaster logo. We have already experienced this kind of change, first when the Jyhad logo was changed to V:TES, then when the card backs were printed upside-down in Third Edition.
The tournament rule 4.1 Cards Allowed has been changed accordingly (changes in red).
If cards with distinct backs are used in the same deck (e.g., Jyhad and Vampire: The Eternal Struggle cards, or upside-down 3rd Edition cards and right-side up cards, or mis-cut cards, or cards without the deckmaster logo) are used, in order to prevent a significant advantage, all cards from the different sets, printings, etc. must be of sufficiently mixed card type, unless they are all sleeved with opaque sleeves (recommended).
カードの裏面から、Deckmaster のロゴが無くなります。
2/ Replacement of the tap/untap keywords by lock/unlock
The tap/untap keywords could no longer be used and had to be changed. It was a tough and very inconvenient decision, but a necessary one. All the Inner Circle board worked on propositions to replace those keywords, and the final decision was validated by White Wolf.
We had more than 20 options, but in the end we decided that their replacement had to meet the following criteria:
the words had to be regular verbs with a simple past form (like "tapped") and a continuous form (like "tapping")
the words had to be usable transitively (as in "tap this vampire") and intransitively (as in "this vampire taps")
the words had to be usable on minions and non-minions cards
the root word (replacing tap) should ideally be one-syllable long
the opposite word (replacing untap) should ideally be constructed with the un- prefix.
Many interesting proposal finally didn't make the cut (exhaust/refresh, twist/untwist, set/unset, bind/unbind), and a consensus was found with lock/unlock.
The rulebook as well as all card references has been updated this way.
Tap → Locked
Untap → Unlocked
へと変更になります。
うーん、どうなのでしょうか……
良い方に考えれば、(1) と (2) の変更で、VtES の復活へ一歩近づいた、と言うことでしょうか。
New wording
Wake
Many reaction cards allow vampires to "play reaction cards and attempt to block even though locked until the current action is concluded."
These cards have a special place in the game as they are the only cards that can be played in the "as a card is played" window without that explicit wording (in order to play reaction cards that can be played legitimately in that window). These cards have always been referred to as "wake" cards by players. By adding the "wake" keyword, the effect will be easier to reference and to learn for new players (in order to mark the difference with a real "unlock" effect for instance). As a reminder, the description of the "wake" effect is left between parenthesis on cards such as Eyes of Argus.
Wake がルールで定義されたキーワードとなります。
これは、遅過ぎるくらいじゃないでしょうか？
個人的には歓迎。
Singular "they"
The card texts have often been cluttered with "he or she", "his or her", or "him or her" forms. As well as being inelegant, this reference to gender has nothing to do with game mechanics and doesn't fit the gender-fluid background of the World of Darkness.
Therefore it was decided to enforce the usage of the singular "they". Extra care will be taken during migration of the card texts to avoid any confusion between a plural "they" (that is almost never used in the current card texts) and a singular "they".
Singular "they" is very common in informal English; if you're not familiar with it, you can read some articles: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
The reprint of Eyes of Argus uses this wording:
"Only usable by a locked vampire. This vampire wakes (they can play reaction cards and attempt to block even though locked until the current action is concluded)."
"They" is referring to "This vampire" without any ambiguity.
he or she は、今後は they と表記する、そうです。
慣れるまでにちょっと時間がかかりそう（複数と紛らわしい） ですが、そんなに影響ないのでは？
カード・リスト
プレビュー
とりあえず、今の気分としては、どうでも良いです。
興味のある人は、リンク先へどうぞ。
ちなみに、新しいVampire カード ２枚と、
Eyes of Argus の新しいバージョンが載っています。
以前に発表された、100枚すべてのカードリスト
どうやら変更があった模様。
→変更では無くて、ミスですかね。
Alabástrom
は新カード？
